We just rode the BMW HP4 Race and it blew our minds. With a production run of just 750 units, the amazing BMW HP4 Race is the lightest and most powerful production superbike ever built by BMW.

With a whopping 215hp and 90ft-lbs on tap, powering only 146kg dry, combined with an electronics system that would be at home in MotoGP and the same level of suspension and brakes as World SBK, this is one serious track bike. In fact, with a carbon-fibre frame and carbon-fibre wheels the HP4 chassis is higher-spec than a factory World SBK racer.

The BMW HP4 Race has WorldSBK and MotoGP spec suspension, WorldSBK brakes and MotoGP electronics. At only 146kg dry or 171.4 ready to ride the HP4 is incredibly light.

The frame weighs only 7.8kg and is the very first all carbon-fibre production frame in the world. The Ohlins FGR 300 forks and TTX 36 GP shock are identical to those used in MotoGP and World SBK while the milled and sheet aluminium swingarm is directly from SBK.

The 215hp@13900rpm engine revs to a staggering 14500rpm and makes 90ft-lbs@10000rpm. It has a close-ratio gearbox, reverse quickshifter and is World SBK and World Endurance specification.

Even in damp patchy conditions on slicks, with traffic, I was able to easily lap in the 1:42s at SMSP thanks to incredible electronics and an amazing level of feedback from the brakes and chassis.

The electronics are mind blowing with a 2D logger and 2D dash. Wheelie control, traction control, engine braking control, pit lane limiter, launch control and lots more. Of course, being a track bike there is no ABS system. The bodywork is all carbon-fibre and the bikes, including the engine, are all hand assembled.

Sure it costs more money than most of us will ever have spare, and needs an engine rebuild every 5000km at a cost of $27,500 AUD, but who cares! This is the wildest, most amazing, fastest, craziest, most desirable production bike that any of us here at BikeReview.com.au have ever had our hands on… We rode it at Sydney Motorsport Park and we are still smiling…